Highland Park charity race honors victims of parade shooting; ‘This is way bigger than running. Much bigger.’
“So we look at it a couple ways,” he continued. “There’s your traditional race, and there’s also the meaning behind the race this year I think really helped drive the registration.”
Last July 4, Katie Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin Michael McCarthy, Stephen Straus, Jacki Lovi Sundheim, Nicolás Toledo and Eduardo Uvaldo were killed, and dozens more were injured. “It’s all about energy and excitement, and coming together and support, and that’s who we are,” Olian added. “We are strong.”
Waiting at the 5K start line are Northbrook residents from left, Jake Breen, 10, a rising fifth-grader, Chase Breen, 8, a rising-fourth grader and their mother Sarah Breen at the Highland Park Strong Half Marathon, 5K and 1 Mile Run on June 4, 2023 in downtown Highland Park. At the 5K start line was participant William Steinberg of Highland Park who was in the July 4 parade and remembers the sounds of gunfire.
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